NASCAR Winston Cup Series Dura-Lube 500: Starting Grid
1 November 1997
PHOENIX, AZ - Starting grid for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Dura-Lube 500 Presented by Kmart: Ps.No. Driver Sponsor Make Lap Time M.P.H. -- ---- ----------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- Row 1 1 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pont 0:27.360 131.579 2 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 0:27.495 130.933 Row 2 3 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 0:27.566 130.596 4 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pont 0:27.633 130.279 Row 3 5 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Ford 0:27.647 130.213 6 33 Ken Schrader Skoal Chev 0:27.651 130.194 Row 4 7 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Serv Plus Chev 0:27.661 130.147 8 30 Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pont 0:27.684 130.039 Row 5 9 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 0:27.688 130.020 10 9 Lake Speed Advantage Camo Ford 0:27.690 130.011 Row 6 11 27 Kenny Irwin Action Performance Ford 0:27.705 129.940 12 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Refin Chev 0:27.714 129.898 Row 7 13 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers/Simmons Ford 0:27.716 129.889 14 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 0:27.755 129.706 Row 8 15 11 Brett Bodine BDR Motorsports Ford 0:27.757 129.697 16 36 Derrike Cope Skittles Pont 0:27.765 129.660 Row 9 17 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 0:27.767 129.650 18 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chev 0:27.785 129.566 Row 10 19 17 Darrell Waltrip Western Auto Chev 0:27.789 129.548 20 41 Steve Grissom Kodiak Chev 0:27.790 129.543 Row 11 21 81 Kenny Wallace Square D Ford 0:27.790 129.543 22 37 Jeremy Mayfield KMart/RCA Cola Ford 0:27.799 129.501 Row 12 23 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/Primestar Ford 0:27.802 129.487 24 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Engines Ford 0:27.820 129.403 Row 13 25 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 0:27.821 129.399 26 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Gold Film Chev 0:27.833 129.343 Row 14 27 22 Ward Burton MBNA Pont 0:27.835 129.334 28 40 Greg Sacks Coors Light Chev 0:27.865 129.194 Row 15 29 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chev 0:27.868 129.180 30 21 Michael Waltrip CITGO Ford 0:27.870 129.171 Row 16 31 14 Steve Park Burger King Chev 0:27.888 129.088 32 31 * Mike Skinner Lowe's Chev 0:27.889 129.083 Row 17 33 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 0:27.900 129.032 34 44 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels Pont 0:27.916 128.958 Row 18 35 98 John Andretti RCA Ford 0:27.917 128.954 36 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 0:27.959 128.760 Row 19 37 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 0:27.980 128.663 38 71 Dave Marcis RealTree Chev 0:27.998 128.581 Row 20 39 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford Provsnl 0.000 40 29 * Jeff Green Cartoon Network Chev Provsnl 0.000 Row 21 41 96 David Green Caterpillar Chev Provsnl 0.000 42 97 Chad Little John Deere Pont Provsnl 0.000 Row 22 43 25 Ricky Craven Budweiser Chev Provsnl 0.000 DID NOT QUALIFY 46 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. First Union Chev 52 Jack Sprague Budweiser Chev 1 Morgan Shepherd R&L Carriers Pont 78 Gary Bradberry Hanes Ford * Rookie of the Year Contender Track Length : 1.0000 Miles